Asuss Over Curent protection

NelsonVe

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Apr 10, 2011
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Hi,
I have an Asus M478 Plus that has been working great for a two years, I recently relocated it to run server duty for my home, all was working fin until I get this "Over Current protection, system will turn off in 15 minutes" I let it turn off then turned it back on to see what would happen, same thing.

I powered down for about 10 minutes then removed the side panel, turned it back on and it runs fine, for now.

Checking all cable connections and the condition of those cables for pinched, cracked, or frayed cables or ends, could not find anything wrong. With the side panel off the system is running fine.

Question: could this be caused by over heated component on the motherboard? I have a 750W Cool Master power, one DVD, four HD (this is a server at the moment) and one low-end ATI4670 card.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

NV